培養(yǎng)中層管理者

????CEO不可能無時不刻都在,。在一個沒有視頻會議、依賴飛鴿傳信(可靠性之高令人驚異)的世界中,，很難時刻盯牢自己的投資,。解決方案就是授權。

????七大王國中最好的領導者具有發(fā)掘人才的慧眼,。最出色的高管招募是哪一位,？泰溫?蘭尼斯特。他提名自己的兒子提利昂為代理御前首相,。

????提利昂管理起君臨城(King's Landing)來就像是一位扭轉乾坤的專家,。他大刀闊斧地革故鼎新，特別是創(chuàng)造性地運用了希臘火,。希臘火這個曾經(jīng)被擱置的研發(fā)項目,，加上一個Zippo打火機，堪比戰(zhàn)術核武器,。提利昂發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個推出新產(chǎn)品的機會,。結果：一項顛覆性的創(chuàng)新基本上摧毀了敵方艦隊,。

????但如何才能留住一流人才,，特別是面臨競爭對手暗地挖角的時候？提供有競爭力的薪酬只是一部分,。就提利昂而言,，他完全歸屬于蘭尼斯特這一家族企業(yè)，他的命運起伏系于管理好壞,。

????一旦微妙的利益平衡被打破,，領導者們會面臨委托人-代理人矛盾：雄心勃勃的雇工可能最終將自己的利益凌駕于雇主之上。第二季中,，羅伯?斯塔克信賴與席恩?葛雷喬伊的個人關系,，后者曾冒險跑到鐵群島去招募親戚，協(xié)助羅伯的北方之國。但經(jīng)過一番痛苦的掙扎,，席恩變節(jié),，引入敵軍，侵吞了羅伯的資產(chǎn),。

外部雇人要謹慎

????最好的管理者是從內部提拔上來的,。他們了解所處的環(huán)境和人員。羅伯?斯塔克就是一個典型,。他通過個人魅力,、鐵腕手段以及嘉許肯定，馴服了不聽話的董事會成員,。斯塔克對組織成員了如指掌,，因此，他的洽商式領導才成為可能,。

????與之形成對比的是席恩?葛雷喬伊,。這位斯塔克陣營的叛逃者受雇成為派克(Pyke)的一位低級官員，被底下人嘲笑為外來戶,。因此,，席恩的政策不是著眼于長期戰(zhàn)略考慮，而是更注重如何建立團隊的聲譽,。陷入這樣的組織狹隘,，導致他殘忍地處決了一位老朋友羅德利克?凱索，(假)稱他殺害了同奶兄弟布萊恩和瑞肯,。席恩雖然吸引了媒體的關注,，但卻無法獲得市場份額。這樣不會讓股東滿意——而在維斯特洛,，并沒有金色降落傘這樣的東西,。

Cultivate middle management

????A CEO can't be everywhere. In a world without videoconferencing -- and where note-carrying ravens are a slow (though bizarrely reliable) precursor to email -- it's tough to keep an eye on your investments. The solution is in delegation.

????The best leaders in the Seven Kingdoms have an eye for talent. The most inspired act of executive recruitment? Tywin Lannister naming his son Tyrion as acting King's Hand.

????Tyrion runs King's Landing like a turnaround expert. He is a master of radical adaptation, particularly in his creative deployment of wildfire. A previously shuttered R&D program, wildfire is a tactical nuke crossed with a Zippo lighter. Tyrion spots an opportunity for a new product launch. The result: a disruptive innovation that largely destroys his enemy's fleet.

????But how do you hold on to top talent, especially when they're being poached by shifty competitors? Offering competitive compensation is only part of it. In Tyrion's case, he's fully vested in Lannister, Inc., and his fortunes will rise and fall with the management.

????When a delicate alignment of interests breaks down, leaders face a principal-agent problem: An ambitious hireling may end up pursuing his own interests over his employer's. In the second season, Robb Stark trusts in his personal relationship with Theon Greyjoy, who ventures off to the Iron Islands to recruit his kin to aid the North. But in a grim pivot, Theon turns his cloak, leading a war party to capture Robb's capital.

Be wary of external hires

????The best executives are promoted from within. They understand their institution and its personalities. Robb Stark is exemplary. He tames recalcitrant board members through a mixture of personal appeal, strong-arming, and ego massage. Intimate knowledge of the Stark organization makes possible Robb's consultative style of leadership.

????By contrast, consider Theon Greyjoy. A job-hopper from the Stark camp hired as a junior executive for Pyke, Theon is derided as an outsider by his men. Consequently, Theon's policies are designed not for long-term strategic purposes, but to earn his team's respect. This slide into institutional insularity leads him to brutally execute an old friend, Rodrik Cassel, and to claim (falsely) to have killed his foster brothers, Bran and Rikkon. Theon grabs headlines but can't secure market share. This does not delight shareholders -- and in Westeros, there's no such thing as a golden parachute.